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LOT 0675
Roman Blue Glass Bead Necklace with Gold and Bead Pendant
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
17 7/8 in. (4.70 grams, 45.5 cm total length).
Restrung necklace of tubular and oblate seed beads, centrepiece a dangle with biconvex and other beads supporting a hoop with applied beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
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LOT 0675
Roman Blue Glass Bead Necklace with Gold and Bead Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Roman Bronze Ring with Chi Rho
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Penannular hoop and disc bezel with ribbed shoulders, incised chi-rho Christogram. 7.65 grams, 25.39 mm overall, 20.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Comic Actor's Mask
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Mount formed as a comic actor's mask with braided wig, exaggerated scooped mouth and grotesque features, hollow to the reverse. 32.1 grams, 33 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Hellenistic or Roman Bronze Grotesque Figure
Alexandria, 1st century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Modelled standing nude in a contorted pose with left arm raised and right hand on the hip, head tilted; mounted on a custom-made stand. 257 grams total, 11.5cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Rolland (p.104) notes that such grotesque 'pygmy' figures may have been intended as caricatures. They were already produced in Alexandria since the 1st century B.C., and considered to be charms against the evil eye. Beautiful statuettes of this typology are well known from the Roman period, perhaps produced in the workshops of Alexandria, Egypt, on the occasion of the visit of the Emperor Caracalla.
